Teen’s Key – Young Women Development Network is a non-profit organization that focuses on vulnerable teenage girls in Hong Kong. They support young girls who are at high risk of unwanted pregnancies, young mothers, as well as young girls in the sex industry and so on.

If you are interested in Teen’s Key’s services and would like to support their young women, they would more than welcome your help. Just fill in application form by following this link to their website to become one of their volunteers. Teen’s Key will use the basic information provided as a means of contacting and distributing suitable volunteer activities’ specifics to you.

About Teen’s Key: Established in 2011 in Hong Kong, Teen’s Key looks to provide support for displaced, young teenaged girls vulnerable to entering prostitution. As little support is available for this formative age group of young girls, Teen’s Key is looking to fill the gap as they require more holistic care and careful counselling so they are can eventually attain a future away from prostitution.

Teen’s Key‘s Keys for Girls program aims, through education, to equip vulnerable young girls the life skills, knowledge and positive social network that will help them rebuild their own lives.

Teen’s Key is a three person strong team, who reached out to over 7,000 young girls working in the Hong Kong prostitution industry through our more than 900 outreach programs and over 1,000 counselling sessions. Additionally, they have conducted over 1,600 private HIV tests and joined the Hong Kong AIDS Commission in 2014.

In 2015, Teen’s Key received the “With and For Girls Award” global award, an award sponsored by many international organizations such as the Nike Foundation, The Malala Fund, Plan UK, Stars Foundation, The Global Fund for Children, Empower, Mama Cash and the Novo Foundation.

The 852 Freedom Campaign is a new justice movement with a focus on raising up our next generation’s abolitionists to help end modern slavery in our lifetime.

This is a city-wide movement of fighting modern slavery and 852 Freedom Campaign is mobilizing churches, companies, schools to volunteer their talents and do their part to help.

852 Freedom Campaign is also partnering with frontline NGO workers who help victims of slavery and exploitation. And they are campaigning with an international TV channel to reach the city of Hong Kong and through their network of more than 1,400 churches. People from over 30 different churches supported their first event, the Sweatshop Challenge, on May 8, 2015.

Objective
To mobilize ordinary people across Hong Kong and Asia to play an active role in fighting human slavery by using their skills and abilities to raise awareness, funding and new initiatives. See this article in SCMP on 6 November 2016.

Target GroupsTarget group includes anyone who has a heart for wanting to see slavery end. This includes: Christians, students, business people, professionals, NGO workers, and the general public.

Partners
To help address this important human rights issue, the 852 Freedom Campaign, the International Christian Assembly (ICA) Church and The Mekong Club have initiated a new justice movement entitled “852 Freedom Campaign” with a focus on raising up the next generation’s abolitionists to help end modern slavery in our lifetime. Any organization willing to join from all areas, including: churches, corporations, NGOs, schools, universities, and community groups etc.

ApproachThe objective of the 852 Freedom Campaign is to mobilize ordinary people across Hong Kong to play an active role in fighting human slavery by using their skills and abilities to raise awareness, funding and new initiatives.

If you are interested in adding your voice to the 852 Freedom Campaign, please reach out by following this link and complete the contact form.

An Evening at the Hotel California with Don Felder, Grammy Award Winner, member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a former Lead Guitarist of the Eagles.

Hosted by the HKRU Community Foundation, this annual “Ruck’N’Roll Charity Ball” at the HKCEC benefits the Po Leung Kuk. All proceeds will go to various Po Leung Kuk initiatives helping disadvantaged groups in Hong Kong. For more details please visit www.rucknrollcharityball.org

Date: Saturday, 5 November, 2016

Place: Grand Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Price: $2,888
Price includes an outstanding gourmet dinner, great quality wines and free-flow drinks all night. Ticket scan be purchased online from Ticketflap

* With a special performance by the Muffin Tops featuring Kevin Burke

About The HKRU Community Foundation: The HKRU Community Foundation was established in March 2013 with the aim of providing a separate identifiable vehicle to manage the HKRU’s charitable activities. This was done to achieve the dual objectives of promoting the positive influence the HKRU has on the community and encouraging corporate and social responsibility funds to assist in these programmes to allow their continuation and expansion. The Foundation aims to be a regional leader in the area of sport-for-development, using rugby as a medium to tackle social issues and effect change. The Foundation also hosts an annual “Ruck’N’Roll Charity Ball” at the HKCEC in support of Po Leung Kuk, more details at www.rucknrollcharityball.org

About Po Leung Kuk: “Po Leung”, translating literally as protection of the young and the innocent, represents the core vision of the organization. Formally established as the Society for the Protection of Women and Children in 1880, in Po Leung Kuk’s long history they have prevented and resolved kidnappings, protected destitute women and children, and assisted the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (under British Rule) as a mediator in complex family and marriage disputes.

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In line with the economic development of Hong Kong over the past century, the range of services and coverage that Po Leung Kuk provided to the community constantly expanded as welfare needs evolved. Today, Po Leung Kuk is Hong Kong’s leading social service organization and fundraiser. Under a modern corporatized management structure, Po Leung Kuk is able to utilise donation dollars to maximize the returns to their most important stakeholder – the community.

What is Sexual Violence?
Sexual violence is an act of violence, in which most of the victims are women. Any kind of intended or planned offence by a person in terms of act, language or attitude with a sexual implication to another person’s body to such an extent that, irrespective of relationship or place, it causes the latter to have a feeling of fear, being threatened or insulted, constitutes an act of sexual violence.

Sexual violence is not merely a kind of sexual behavior, but an act of violent attack by means of sex so as to dominate others. The term does not only limit to rape and indecent assault, but also embraces any kind of sexual abuse without body contact that can still cause the victims to feel fear, being insulted and harmed (including sexual harassment).

Established on 8 March, 1997, the Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (“The Association”) is a non-government charitable organization founded by a group of people who are concerned about women’s rights and gender equity, in particular sexual violence against women.

The Association endeavors to bring issues of sexual violence against women to the attention of both the government and the community. The Association also appeals to the government and the community to offer victims support to pursue their legitimate interests and restore their life with confidence and dignity.

Belief:
● Everyone should enjoy basic human rights and dignity and be free from any form of infringement or discrimination.
● Every woman should enjoy freedom and liberty of life.
● Every woman should be able to protect herself from any sexual assault.
● The government should be responsible for building a social environment with
gender equality, respect and non-violence.
● The community should address issues concerning women being threatened
and harmed by sexual violence, encourage victimized women to be brave, and
support them to restore their dignity, as well as to combat the occurrence of
any crime of sexual violence.

Mission:
● To arouse the public concern about sexual violence;
● To advocate formulating a complete set of policies against sexual-violence; and
● To offer support services to women suffering from sexual violence and help them restore their dignity and
self-confidence.

The Association set-up hotline service in its inception, and started to provide counseling service for victims in October 1998. In April 2000, the Association issued its Anti Sexual Violence Action Plan (反性暴力行動綱領) which stipulated the Association’s recommendation and proposals. To promote community concern, the Association has also been running a series of educational campaigns, exhibitions, seminars and workshops in various communities such as primary and secondary school, social organizations and professional bodies, conducted numerous researches and publishes a Chinese newsletter “Combating Sexual Violence” (反擊).

With support from the Jockey Club Charitable Fund, in November 2000, the Association set up RainLily, Hong Kong’s first one-stop crisis center for female victims of sexual violence. Now supported by the Community Chest, RainLily continues to offer the victimized women a one-stop service around the clock, included pregnancy prevention, screening and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, forensic medical examination, psychological support and reporting to the police.

The Association, sponsored by the Community Chest, inaugurated the Anti 480 – Anti Sexual Violence Resource Centre on 22 July 2006. The Centre serves as a platform for the Association’s educational and advocacy efforts, and also provides resources for community education.

How you can helpVolunteers are an important cog in the wheel to support victims of sexual violence as well as to promote anti-sexual violence/gender equality education. At the same time, Volunteers are indispensable working partners of ACSVAW.

Through training courses and the experience of actual participation in the project, volunteers obtain a wealth of knowledge of sexual violence and gender equality. Volunteers make a determined effort to learn and apply the skills and knowledge acquired.

For more information about volunteer opportunities, please get in touch ACSVAW directly by visiting their website.

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